WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson and other members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

President Biden on Monday morning, just hours before President-elect Trump’s inauguration, announced pardons for Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and

Thompson encouraged Americans to pay attention to how Trump is starting his second term after he issued 1,500 pardons to Jan. 6 rioters.

With just a few hours remaining in his presidency, Joe Biden preemptively pardoned Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and members of the January 6th Committee and their staffs, amid concerns that they would be targets of investigation by the incoming administration.

President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."

The outgoing president acted to short-circuit incoming President Trump’s stated plans to exact retribution from perceived enemies.

In one last move, President Biden preemptively pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark A. Milley, and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.

President Biden preemptively pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them from Trump inquiries.

As one of President Joe Biden's final acts Monday, he announced several pre-emptive pardons including that of Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson.

Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and more just hours before Donald Trump's inauguration.

In his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration, President Joe Biden issued pardons for members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.